Our project on crocodiles began last summer, when we noticed that the role-play conversations of children in the pre-school rooms tended to feature a crocodile as the ultimate baddie.
The timing was perfect, for it was around then that I inherited an unusual gift from a friend: the preserved head of a baby crocodile, complete with skull, teeth, glass eyes and scales coated in a kind of shellac.
I had put the word out that I wanted the atelier (art studio) at Reflections to be like a museum, full of interesting objects for the children to explore. Since the crocodile head, I've acquired the likes of a fox skull, a sheep's jaw, and a 15ft python skin - all of which came in handy during the course of the project.
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